Citing Evidence practice

What is textual evidence?

• evidence from the text

• evidence used in the text

• a little piece of knowledge

• evidence that isn't important

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CCSS.RI.5.8

CCSS.RI.6.1

CCSS.RI.6.8

CCSS.RI.7.8

CCSS.RL.6.1

What are the steps to citing evidence?

• explain your reasons and cite evidence

• text talker, cite evidence, elaborate the evidence

• state your idea, explain your reasons, summarize

• cite evidence and explain the evidence

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CCSS.RI.5.8

CCSS.RI.6.1

CCSS.RI.6.8

CCSS.RL.6.1

CCSS.RL.7.1

As long as your evidence (quotation or paraphrase) explains your point clearly, you do not need to elaborate on it.

• True

• False

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CCSS.RI.5.8

CCSS.RI.6.1

CCSS.RI.6.8

CCSS.RI.7.8

CCSS.RL.6.1

what is a claim?

• an opinion based on evidence

• a main idea

• a detail

• something I want

To look at something closely is...

• to cite a source

• to make a claim

• to conclude

• to analyze

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CCSS.RI.6.1

CCSS.RI.6.8

CCSS.RI.7.8

CCSS.RL.6.1

CCSS.RL.7.1

What evidence supports the idea: best friends are always there for you?

• Jessica is always talking about Jennifer behind her back

• Jessica always makes sure to help Jennifer and Michelle when they ask for support.

• Jessica and Jennifer always talk about Michelle when she isn't around.

• Jennifer and Michelle make sure to copy off Jessica's homework.

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CCSS.RI.6.2

CCSS.RI.7.2

CCSS.RL.5.2

CCSS.RL.6.1

CCSS.RL.6.2

The Recreation Center is only open Sundays through Thursdays between the hours of 8:00 am and 6:00 pm. Jackson wanted to play basketball here.

Based on the passage, at which time would Jackson be allowed to play basketball?

• At 4:30 pm on Saturday.

• At 2:30 pm on Friday.

• At 9:30 pm on Thursday

• At 9:00 am on Monday.

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CCSS.RI.5.1

CCSS.RI.6.1

CCSS.RL.6.1

CCSS.RL.6.2

CCSS.RL.7.2

Every day after work Paul took his muddy boots off on the steps of the front porch. Alice would have a fit if the boots made it so far as the welcome mat. He then took off his dusty overalls and threw them into a plastic garbage bag; Alice left a new garbage bag tied to the porch railing for him every morning. On his way in the house, he dropped the garbage bag off at the washing machine and went straight up the stairs to the shower as he was instructed. He would eat dinner with her after he was "presentable," as Alice had often said.

What can you infer that Paul does for work?

• A lawyer

• A doctor

• A construction worker

• A garbage man

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CCSS.RI.6.1

CCSS.RI.7.1

CCSS.RL.5.2

CCSS.RL.6.1

CCSS.RL.6.2

Every day after work Paul took his muddy boots off on the steps of the front porch. Alice would have a fit if the boots made it so far as the welcome mat. He then took off his dusty overalls and threw them into a plastic garbage bag; Alice left a new garbage bag tied to the porch railing for him every morning. On his way in the house, he dropped the garbage bag off at the washing machine and went straight up the stairs to the shower as he was instructed. He would eat dinner with her after he was "presentable," as Alice had often said.

Based on the text, how do you know Paul works in construction?

• He has tools

• His boots are muddy, and his overalls are dusty

• He goes straight up the stairs to shower.

• He wears a hat.

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CCSS.RI.6.1

CCSS.RI.7.1

CCSS.RL.5.1

CCSS.RL.6.1

CCSS.RL.7.1

Which piece of evidence could BEST be used to prove this claim:

The government SHOULD decide what students eat for lunch.

• School lunches, on average have only about 550 calories; however, lunches brought from home have about 850 calories.

• The GAO report said that students in one district refused to eat school lunches for three weeks.

• The rules make lunches cheap for students, but they cost schools money.

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CCSS.RI.6.1

CCSS.RI.6.8

CCSS.RI.7.8

CCSS.RL.6.1

CCSS.RL.7.1